Ayliva

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Ayliva (born Elif Akar, April 4, 1998 in Recklinghausen, Germany) is a German singer and musician. Her first single reached the German charts in 2021, and her success has continued since then including her second album Schwarzes Herz topping the German charts in 2023.

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Early life

Ayliva has Turkish roots and grew up in Recklinghausen with an older sister and younger brother. She learned guitar, keyboard, and violin, and started writing songs at the age of 10. After graduating from high-school, she studied philosophy and German studies at Ruhr University Bochum with the goal of becoming a teacher, and later on social work. She ended up quitting college to focus on her music career. [1]

Career

Ayliva in Frankfurt in September 2023. Ayliva Frankfurt 2023.jpg
Ayliva in Frankfurt in September 2023.

Starting in October 2020, Ayliva posted song samples on Instagram, Deine Heimfahrtbeing the first one. (Your Ride Home). She also began to post samples on TikTok. Her first single Deine Schuld (Your Fault) was released in March 2021 through Whiteheart Records, a division of Warner Music Group. The music video of the song, as well as the tiktok she posted about “Deine Schuld“ starts with a voice note of her ex-boyfriend threatening her and telling her not to release her song. The song reached number 16 in Germany. Her next single Wenn ich wein (When I Cry) was released in June 31 and reached 31 on the German charts. A new version of the song with the English title, with her a contributing a part in English, was released with Ali Gatie in November 2021. Another hit single was Schmetterlinge (Butterflies), in which the chorus is Arabic and the verses in German. Ayliva opened two shows for Alicia Keys in Germany in June 2022.

Her first album Weißes Herz (White Heart) was released in June 2022, and hit number 6 on the German album charts, and the single Bei Nacht (At Night) released number 13. In January 2023, she released Sie weiß (She Knows) with German rapper Mero, which reigned at number 1 in the German charts for two weeks, and stayed in the top three for nine more weeks; it was the number 3 song for the year 2023 in the German charts.

Her second album Schwarzes Herz (Black Heart) was released in August 2023, and reached number 1 in the charts in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, and set streaming records for a female act in Germany. The album was the most streamed album on Spotify in Germany in 2023 (and Weißes Herz was 5th), [2] and the album placed 7th in the German charts for the year -- and 3rd among German language albums. The song Hässlich (Ugly) from the album also went to number 1 in Germany, and some other tracks reached the top 10.

She won the Bambi Award for most successful female artist of the year in 2023. [3]

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References

  1. (1 May 2023). AYLIVA: 10 Fakten über die "Deine Schuld"-Sängerin, Bravo (in German)
  2. (29 November 2023). Spotify Wrapped 2023, Vogue (German edition)
  3. Overwien, Bernd (17 November 2023). Ayliva holt den „Bambi“ Noch um 3.30 Uhr fliegen die Emoji-Herzchen nach Recklinghausen, Recklinghäuser Zeitung (in German, paywall)